10496818

Systems and Methods for Software Security Scanning Employing a Scan Quality Index

PublishedDecember 3, 2019
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1. A method for software security scanning employing a scan quality index, comprising: a server comprising at least one computer processor receiving an identification of a computer program for security scanning; the server executing a security scan on the computer program and generating a log file comprising results of the security scan, wherein the log file comprises at least one of an error and a warning generated by the security scan; the server executing a scan quality index tool that generates a scan quality index score by analyzing the at least one error and a warning in the log file with a database comprising a configuration file identifying known error types and warning types, where the scan quality tool assigns a weighting to each error or warning based on whether each error or warning is a known error type or a known warning type, and wherein the scan quality index score represents a quality of the security scan; and the server outputting the scan quality index score.

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2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: the server preventing release of the computer program when the scan quality index score is below a predetermined value.

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3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification of the computer program is received with the computer program is checked in to a production database.

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4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification further comprises an identification of one or more dependency associated with the computer program.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the log file identifies at least a number of errors and a number of warnings generated by the security scan.

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6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scan quality index score is weighted based on a number of executable lines of code in the computer program.

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7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: saving the scan quality index score in a database.

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8. A system for software security scanning employing a scan quality index, comprising: a server comprising at least one computer processor executing a security scanning engine and a scan quality index tool; a database comprising a configuration file identifying known error types and warning types; a production database comprising a computer program; wherein: the security scanning engine receives an identification of the computer program for security scanning; the security scanning engine executes a security scan on the computer program and generates a log file comprising results of the security scan, wherein the log file comprises at least one of an error and a warning generated by the security scan; and the scan quality index tool generates a scan quality index score by analyzing the at least one error and a warning in the log file with the configuration file, where the scan quality tool assigns a weighting to each error or warning based on whether each error or warning is a known error type or a known warning type, and wherein the scan quality index score represents a quality of the security scan.

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9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the scan quality index tool prevents release of the computer program when the scan quality index score is below a predetermined value.

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10. The system of claim 8 , further comprising: a user interface in communication with the server that receives the scan quality index score.

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11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the security scanning engine automatically scans the computer program when it is checked in to the production database.

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12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the log file identifies at least a number of errors and a number of warnings generated by the security scan.

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13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the scan quality index score is weighted based on a number of executable lines of code in the computer program.

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December 3, 2019

Inventors

Stuart G. Cox
Steven R. Rittmeyer
Thomas W. Richards

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